30/05/2021
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PRAYING GOD'S PROMISES: THE WHY AND HOW BEHIND THE PRACTICE
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The challenges of life can be overwhelming. Often, we see no way out. In the face of heartbreak and disappointment, what do we do?
We need to look up beyond our situation to the One from whom our help comes. We need to search the Scriptures, find promises that relate to our situation, and start praying them, trusting God to bring them to pass in our lives. We need to learn how to pray God’s promises.
In order to see the fulfillment of God’s promises, we need to first believe that these promises are specifically for us. God wants to fulfill his promises for our lives. But that doesn’t mean we don’t have a part to play in their fulfillment: we need to believe his promises and claim them.
For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God (2 Corinthians 1:20).
There are many examples in Scripture of how God made — and fulfilled — his promises to his people. Here are just a few.
Abraham
God promised to give Abraham a son through his wife Sarah even though both of them had passed child-bearing age. It looked impossible, but Abraham chose to believe God; and when he was 100-years-old, his son Isaac was born!
Solomon
When Solomon became the king, he asked for wisdom. The Bible says that God gave Solomon a “breadth of understanding as measureless as the sand on the seashore.”
The Israelites
When they cried out to God to give them rest, he did. In fact, all of the promises God made to the Israelites through Moses were fulfilled.
David
God made a covenant with David to protect his family. And because of that promise, his house was spared from destruction.
Mary
The Lord sent the angel Gabriel to the virgin Mary to tell her that she would conceive and give birth to a son. Even though this was against the laws of nature, she chose to believe the word of the Lord, an
